I spent part of yesterday and today, listening to our local media run with the latest Tiger Woods story.
I won't call it news - because the Tiger Woods saga is not news.  We all know what the man did, and what a sinner he is or was, and how much he disappointed and hurt us all and all the other nonstop utter bullshit foisted upon us since this 'horrible scandal'  reared its ugly, ugly head.

Radio & TV News Headlines are busily running - every 2 minute spouts of:  "Find Out What Tiger Woods Had to Say, (right after this commercial, stay tuned).  Followed up with a lofty, sneering lure of:  "Woods says his cheating ways are not acceptable"...  And then run blurbs of callers that validate the sneers.  Callers who rant and rave "I don't believe Tiger, He's a phony, I've lost all faith in him, He makes me sick!".. etc.   Then, on come the talk show hosts  gleefully agreeing with them.  They couldn't be happier, the Tiger Woods' news conference - disappointed them!   'I don't believe him either, they roar'.  "There wasn't one iota of sincerity - in his voice - or his presentation.  I'm just happy he didn't try the crying routine - because that would have had me jump off a bridge with disgust!" 

They of course, spend as little time as humanly possible addressing or responding to the overwhelming number of callers, who say they're sick and tired of the self righteous sanctimonious - press - denouncing and demeaning this 'fallen hero' every way they can!   They blithely ignore the callers who tell them, they are sick of this type of journalism.

They totally ignore what Tiger Woods had to say.  Which is, that he's sorry he's disappointed his fans and his family etc...   More importantly - they TOTALLY ignore Wood's plea  to "Leave his family alone!   They ignore the FACT  that the MEDIA  has made life hell for his children, his wife, his friends and his mother.  They take no responsibility  for the devastation they themselves are wreaking on these people  and their lives!  Tell me,  what could the man have said that would have satisfied these hyenas?  They're upset because he didn't say what they expected? What do they want?  What do they expect exactly?  They sure didn't give me an answer when I asked:  "What would have been a satisfactory statement for you?"    The question was ignored. They don't want to have to think about things like that.  Think about it.

And isn't this typical of our present day bullshit media?   The truth is - their raison d'etre has turned into destroyer instead of reporter.  They are the ones who've knowingly and deliberately, destroyed countless lives - with their irresponsible, often dangerous and deadly quest for their 'Target Of The Day'.   Judge-Jury - Executioner.

Don't they remember the 'journalistic oath' they took to REPORT the news, the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth?  Done so, only after thoroughly researching  ALL the facts and removing 'rumor and innuendo'  from fact? 

I again coin the phrase: 'We are what the media feeds us'.  Let's take a peek at what they are feeding us these days: 

Doesn't most of it start with something like:  'An unconfirmed source has revealed that....'  and the speculation begins.  And before we know it, they've hooked us, like greedy fish, into becoming spellbound - by the latest scandal of who is
screwing who - or who got caught with their pants down.   Who caught them?  Who made it public? The media of course!  That's the caliber of what we and our supposed 'journalist' considers 'news'. 

Look at us.  Haitii - old news. Millions starving in Somalia - old news.  Iranians struggling for democracy - beaten, jailed and killed - old news.  Mans inhumanity to man - old news, dull news - makes me uncomfortable and sad news.

News happening every day, every minute.  News that matters!   'Do Something News!   That is - IF  we got involved and behaved like the empathetic human beings we claim we are.  But gee...  that would mean - we'd have to behave like empathetic human beings.  We'd have to get off our keesters  and actually DO something positive. 

We are what the media feeds us. Then again, we are the ones at the pig trough, greedily lapping it up.

We, are the ones that feed the media what we want.  And ala Dr. Phil, How's that been working for you?

Till next time